“MILES CITY, Mont. — On her ranch far from the high-powered fiberoptic connections of major cities, Traci Glasscock was frustrated.An English teacher at Custer County’s public high school here, Glasscock wanted to take college courses to give herself more career options. But she was too far from her nearest college and didn’t have the internet bandwidth needed to take classes online.”--Matt KrupnickTHE HECHINGER REPORTApril 8, 2018http://hechingerreport.or...n-deserts/

“As many as 10,000 jobs are at risk of disappearing in rural Montana over the next five years because small business owners are nearing retirement and there’s nobody willing to buy their companies and keep workers employed.”--David EricksonTHE MISSOULIANApril 10, 2018http://missoulian.com/new...ab4e1.html